Bad Argument: Lion Doesn't Lose Sleep Over Opinion of Sheep

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Sometimes, when confronted with detailed criticism and lacking a proper reply, a MLMer would resort to sloganism, such as

"Lion Doesn't Lose Sleep Over Opinion of Sheep"

Origin of this quote... Good question. It appeared all over the place but it was recently uttered by Tywin Lannister in "Game of Thrones" in the following form:

"A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinion of a sheep."

Apparently it had been adopted recently by Vemma followers as a general psych defense against criticism, as a substitute for "I don't care what you think. Ha!"

This is dangerous, stupid, and illustrates a serious lack of critical thinking on the part of the speaker... which is what some uplines want... sheeple who don't think.

And that's not good, obviously for the sheeple. Let's examine why.


If you are the lion, you would not care about the opinion of sheep, since they are irrelevant to you except as source of food.

Clearly, the speaker is trying to imply that he doesn't care that the critics think, as the critics are irrelevant. However, that can NOT be true, since the speaker is trying to deflect the criticism, so he obviously *does* care what the critics think.

This sort of "words don't match the reality" is strangely reminiscent of statements that are completely detached from reality, much like "Baghdad Bob", aka. "Comical Ali" claiming Saddam's army is "defeating" the Imperialist invaders in the Iraq War, and American soldiers are committing suicide in face of glorious fighting sons of Iraq, and other WTF was he talking about announcements issued daily by him during the war.


But also consider the following implication: By referring to critics and doubters as sheep, doesn't that confirm that he considers everybody as sheeple, to be lead and preyed upon? Nice attitude toward your "customers", marketing guy.

Furthermore, is the speaker really a lion... Or merely a sheep brainwashed into believing s/he is a lion, but in reality, is a judas goat, leading the sheeple around for the real lions, who don't even have to hunt any more?



The solution is quite simple: Stop acting like sheeple.


Start thinking about what you actually say, and do they actually make sense.

Be a real lion, not a sheep brainwashed into a goat thinking its a lion.